Firm-level training in local economic systems: Complementarities in production and firm innovation strategies

The paper presents a conceptual review over the main aspects concerning the role of human capital investments and training activities within production processes, followed by empirical evidence on two local economic systems in Northern Italy, based on recent survey data. Theoretical and empirical considerations are brought together in order to provide new insights on the role of training and the factors associated to training activities at firm level.The potential driving factors of training here analysed compounds structural characteristics, labour demand dynamics, human resource management practices, workforce features, and firm performances. We observe that training activities emerge positively associated with high-performance practices, innovative labour demand features, workforce skill level, firm size, and are affected by labour flexibility in various directions. Empirical evidence confirms most previous results but also adds further important insights. The analysis suggests that a widening gap, between few innovatively evolving and many stagnant firms, could characterise the future dynamics of the Region. The high relevance of structural variables, labour demand factors and HRM/innovation practices shows that regional industrial policies and labour policies should be jointly implemented for increasing potential firm productivity. This is a key concern for the current debate on local systems economic development in the European and Italian environment.     

理论创新的光辉典范——学习江泽民同志“七一“重要讲话精神

江泽民同志的“七一”讲话是一份重要的马克思主义纲领性文献,讲话站在时代的高度,坚持马克思主义而又不拘泥于个别的结论,弘扬优良传统而又勇于开拓进取,实现了理论上的伟大创新,是理论创新的光辉典范。     

增强创新力度发展先进文化

先进文化是中国共产党的先进性的本质体现。在新形势下加强先进文化建设 ,是党永葆先进性和实现民族振兴的客观需要。发展先进文化 ,必须增强全党的先进文化意识 ,造就一大批能够准确把握先进文化前进方向的党员干部队伍 ,进一步提高党对发展先进文化的领导水平。发展先进文化 ,必须自觉遵循先进文化发展的客观规律 ,努力发扬创新精神 ,坚持在创新中发展 ,在发展中创新 ,在创新中代表。     

加强反腐败体制机制创新和制度保障的新思路

反对腐败,建设廉洁政治,关系党和国家的生死存亡。一年多来,党中央实施一系列反腐新举措,体现出新一届中央领导集体加强反腐败体制机制创新和制度保障的新思路：在党章制度框架下改革党的纪律检查体制,推动党的纪律检查工作双重领导体制具体化、程序化、制度化;明确党委和纪委在党风廉政建设中的责任定位,落实党风廉政建设责任制;修订和完善选人用人制度,把从严治吏、从严管理干部的要求具体化、细节化,解决选人用人方面的腐败问题;抓好组织管理和组织纪律的执行,严格遵守组织制度,为加强党风廉政建设和反腐败凝聚组织力量;运用法治思维和法治方式推进廉洁政治建设,健全反腐倡廉法规制度体系：健全和完善巡视制度等。     

中国都市密集区市际关系中存在的问题及其应对

当前，中国都市密集区市际关系中存在的问题包括产业结构趋同、恶性竞争、城市定位重复混乱、地方保护主义以及基础设施重复建设等。都市密集区市际关系中存在的复杂问题，与市际关系协调机制不成熟、不完善密切相关。创新都市密集区市际关系协调的制度和机制，实现协调主体的多元化、方式多样化、目标长期化，是当前都市密集区发展中殊为迫切的任务。     

民俗的传承、创新及其旅游开发

本文阐述了民俗传承与创新的基本条件 ,分析了当代信息社会对民俗传承、创新的影响 ,对民俗旅游资源开发应该注意的问题进行了讨论     

用发展先进文化的理论指导高校文科学报创新

高校文科学报在高校不断深化改革的新形势下 ,应与时俱进 ,开拓创新。发展先进文化的理论对高校文科学报的创新有着重要的指导作用。只有认真学习 ,深刻领会 ,结合实际 ,准确定位 ,才能更好地用发展先进文化的思想和理论来指导高校文科学报的创新     

地方政府创新研究的热点主题与理论前瞻

地方政府创新是我国重要的政治现象与理论研究的热点议题。对国内涉及地方政府创新的研究文献进行系统梳理,运用文献计量方法,结合因子分析、聚类分析和社会网络分析之后,可归纳出地方政府创新研究的四个热点主题:地方政府创新的基本理论研究、地方政府创新与政府改革研究、地方政府创新与政府绩效研究、地方政府创新中的动因研究。据此可提出此研究的前沿性领域:政府创新管理的理论研究、地方政府创新的持续力研究、地方政府创新的制度化研究、公共服务创新研究。在区分显性公共需求和隐性公共需求的基础上,可得出创新性公共服务与回应性公共服务的分析框架。     

Computer Diffusion and Worker Empowerment

Abstract

Much anecdotal material describes various human impacts of computer adoption within the social work profession, however, there is scant research which confirms or challenges these assumptions. This article describes a study which investigates the diffusion of computers into the social work profession in terms of empowerment as an individual outcome for workers. A questionnaire returned by 520 social workers provided data on organizational computer diffusion, organizational centralization, and the Social Worker Empowerment Scale. Workers in organizations where computer diffusion was more advanced, and those in more decentralized decisionmaking environments were found to be more empowered.     

On the probability distribution of economic growth

Three important and significantly heteroscedastic gross domestic product series are studied. Omnipresent heteroscedasticity is removed and the distributions of the series are then compared to normal, normal mixture and normal–asymmetric Laplace (NAL) distributions. NAL represents a skewed and leptokurtic distribution, which is in line with the Aghion and Howitt [1 Aghion, P. and Howitt, P. 1992. A model of growth through creative destruction. Econometrica, 60: 323–351. [Crossref], [Web of Science ®] [Google Scholar]] model for economic growth, based on Schumpeter's idea of creative destruction. Statistical properties of the NAL distributions are provided and it is shown that NAL fits the data better than the alternatives.